In between performances, a blues singer sits at her mirror and is visited by the spirit of her Grandmother who reminds her of stories from her youth as well as giving her the history of the blues singers.
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In between performances, a blues singer sits at her mirror and is visited by the spirit of her Grandmother who reminds her of stories from her youth as well as giving her the history of the blues singers.
In the windswept moors of Yorkshire, emo teen Helena is swept away by a tormented passion.
Watch Simon’s Cat in the exclusive award winning full colour animated film ‘Off to the Vet’ here! This special film follows the internet’s most mischievous cat on a journey through his colourful and fun world filled with brand new characters and locations! This bumper pack also includes 20 classic black and white animations! All this in one fantastic package!
A very British springer spaniel is lost in India, trying to find his human family. Basil the spaniel must team up with a streetwise Bollywood-obsessed street dog to survive.
Evocative animation is used to tell the cycle of life through the experiences of its central characters, a boy and a girl. The film's score, which was composed by Linda McCartney, was the inspiration for director Grillo and collaborator Paul McCartney, who together drew on childhood memories and other sources for the film's themes.
Julie Walters tells the story of how Morph, Shaun the Sheep and that cheese-loving man Wallace and his dog Gromit first came to life.
The Jungle Beat animals think it’s the best thing ever when an alien arrives in the jungle bringing with him the power of speech. They also surprisingly think it’s the best thing ever when they find out that he’s been sent to conquer them.
Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved Toad Hall comes under threat from the wily weasels, who plan to build a dog food factory on the very meadow sold to them by Toad himself.
The story of a rodent's unrelenting quest for happiness and fulfillment.
Brown Bear and White Bear are now married, but Brown Bear is finding the married life a little harder than he hoped.
This Emmy Award winner for Best Animated Special is based on the first book of C.S. Lewis' acclaimed series, "The Chronicles of Narnia." Four children pass through a mystic portal in a wardrobe and discover the magical kingdom of Narnia, a land of talking animals and mythical creatures. There, an evil witch's spell has cast the land into eternal winter. Fearing that an ancient prophecy is coming to fruition, and that the children are Narnia's rightful rulers, the White Witch tricks their youngest brother into betraying his family, enacting an ancient magic that she can use to halt the fulfillment of the prophecy. Now, only Aslan, noble lion and High King above all kings in Narnia, can help them defeat the witch, restore springtime to Narnia, and claim their rightful places on the throne.
Look out: Beryl's back. With Affairs of the Art, British animator Joanna Quinn recounts another gloriously unhinged chapter in the adventures of Beryl, the comic everywoman she unleashed upon the world with her debut film, Girls' Night Out, which took home three major awards from Annecy in 1987.
The Happiness Machine is a cinematic performance comprised of animated films, musical compositions and testimonials. Ten women filmmakers, ten women composers and ten musicians present Christian Felber's Common Good Economy for discussion.
Joe is preparing to leave home, triggering flashbacks to his time with childhood friend Neill, through fun times, adventures, divisions when a girl comes on the scene and also the bad path that Neill goes down.
A magical tale of friendship and loneliness, which tells the story of a little boy who one day finds a penguin on his doorstep. Although at first he is unsure what to do, the boy becomes determined to help the penguin find his way back home... even if that means rowing all the way to the South Pole!
After many years of marriage, Walter and Madge have grown apart: He lives on the floor and she lives on the ceiling. When Walter tries to reignite their old romance, their equilibrium comes crashing down, and the couple that can’t agree which way is up must find a way to put their marriage back together.
Two candles meet and fall in love, but discover that when they touch, the heat of their combined flames causes them to rapidly melt. Now they both must choose to live apart, or make the ultimate sacrifice for love.
Animated video to accompany the record of the same name, released under the pseudonym of Suzy and the Red Stripes, but in reality Wings' with Linda on lead vocals.
Desperate for connection, David digs up his brother’s corpse. With their trusty red wagon, they ascend a treacherous mountain in pursuit of their childhood dream
One dark night. Two separate sexual encounters. A gothic-noir journey through sexual perversion and corruption.
Roald Dahl, that master of wicked humour, has created a ghastly menagerie of dirty beasts - all doing the most extraordinary and unmentionable things, in irreverent and absurdly comic verse. Including Crocky-Wock, the crocodile, who every Saturday has six young children for his lunch and how Miss Milky Daisy, the cow, punished a very rude man.
A poet's tale of a day in the lives of the villagers of a Welsh fishing town of Llareggub.
The life story of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who later became known as Shakyamuni Buddha (the Buddha), from the time of his birth until he entered Nirvana.
A vaudevillian's act involving the juggling of dogs is no longer a hit. He and his partner must face a brutal villain and assorted obstacles in order to secure their future.
There's a new police chief in the neighbourhood who is disappointed with Officer Dibble's performance. The chief and his army of robots declare war on Top Cat and his gang of feisty felines.
Animated short documentary following a young woman's diagnosis of bipolar: a journey of self-acceptance to challenge everyday stigma. In "Trust Me", a genre-bending short documentary, a young woman uses humour and compassion to share her moving and deeply personal story of coming to terms with her mental health condition. When she starts exhibiting atypical and extreme behaviour, her loved ones trick her into hospitalisation against her will. She is diagnosed with bipolar disorder which starts her challenging journey of self-acceptance, confronting internalised and societal stigma, and learning to trust herself and others again.
Far away, in her vast ice palace, the Snow Queen plots to rule the world by deflecting all the sun's warmth away from Earth so that it freezes over. But her mirror breaks, and on her mission to find all the missing pieces, she kidnaps Tom, who has part of the mirror in his body. Can his sister Ellie save Tom, and stop the evil Queen from achieving global dominance?
Triangle is a dance in which young man and woman entwine in a succession of lithe movements. The association is with the triangle shape, in a human context involving the introduction of a second woman into the mix. This triggers a dynamic of jealousy and rage, though it seems reconciled at the end. Nominated for an Oscar in 1995 it is a wonderfully envigorating fusion of dance, music and animation.
In this modern twist on a classic fairy tale, a headstrong princess is stolen by an evil sorcerer, and her scholarly fiancé must use his wits in an epic quest to find her while she boldly challenges her captors and plots a daring escape.
Princess Emmy has a secret gift – she is the only one in the kingdom of Kandis who can speak to horses. She has a wonderful time with her best friends, a stable full of amazing horses. When her scheming cousin, Gizana, appears, Emmy’s chance to become an officially inaugurated princess is threatened. She must undergo a test for the right to keep her special gift.
A delusional woman plans out tomorrow after loafing around in her own apartment.
WillShake is a boy with a trunk of theatrical tricks who likes to tell stories. He embarks on his first journey to share the story of Henry V.
Christopher and his friends go on an adventure
Six of the best-loved nursery rhymes retold, with some extremely amusing twists, by the master of the comic and blood-curdling, Roald Dahl.
As part of a fishing community's annual ritual, a young boy must kill his first crab in order to become a man and gain his father's approval.
Animated version of the classic Charles Dickens story. Warned by the ghost of his old business partner Marley that his sins would lead to punishment in the afterlife, the cruel and greedy Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future to show him how the course of his life led him to where he is - and where it will lead if he doesn't change his ways.
An animated Plasticine man enacts favourite scenes from Hollywood classics.
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
A print shop owner with seasonal depression becomes obsessed with copying the life of his new customer, an extravagant jungle explorer, based on his film photographs
Before you read anything from searching the internet, discover the extraordinary potential of your dyslexic mind.
An animated anthology, 20 shorts featuring characters from The Beano comic strips.
Join Krankie, Gellax, Shiny and Schrodinger's Oscillator, for a dark, trash-pop tale of suspected murder, fabricated from physical and mental detritus found around the warehouses. A leaky landfill-spillage of lifestyle trends offer new ways of being together in this aggressively cathartic animated poem which pokes sexily at all our capitalist neuroses: productivity, overwhelm, loneliness and excess.
Based on the short story from Terry Pratchett's book of Christmas tales entitled "Father Christmas's Fake Beard". It tells the story of a quintessentially English town which is thrown into disarray by a huge snowfall and the dramatic appearance of a 14-foot tall Abominable Snow Baby. Shunned and feared by the local townsfolk, Snow Baby is rescued by the indomitable Granny who along with grandson Albert, welcomes him into her home, showering her new pet with love and affection, changing the town’s perception and helping the community overcome their initial prejudices.
Versatile singer/song-writer John Shuttleworth struggles to balance semi-professional obligations - a gig at a care home - with domestic, namely his 25th wedding anniversary.
A new augmented reality-game is developed that allows you to create and grow you own pet. But how far are people willing to go to live in a fantasy environment of their own creation?
Marilyn maketh. Marilyn taketh awayeth. Marilyn is trying really hard to create something good. For once, her expectation and reality are going to align. It will be epic. It will be tear jerkingly profound. It will be perfect. Nothing can go wrong.
Prey is a short story about a love-hate relationship. A young girl in her early twenties is faced with her mother’s sickness and impending death, which appears in the shape of a black lion. The girl goes through dramatic emotional transformations throughout the film – from loving care to frustration, unwanted feeling of hate and, finally, acceptance and peace.
A grandmother tells her young grandchild the moving tale of a lonely girl and an unforgettable magical cat in this animated short narrated by Oscar®, Emmy and Tony award winner Maureen Stapleton. The film is based on a short story written by Dayal Kaur Khalsa and adapted by two-time Governor General's award recipient Tim Wynne-Jones.
Busker Fred and his cat Tabby McTat entertain and delight passersby with music across London. One day, Fred falls, injures his leg, and is whisked away in an ambulance, leaving Tabby alone on the city's streets.
Hailed as the "rightful heir" to "The Wind in the Willows", William Horwood's critically acclaimed sequel comes to magical life in this beautifully animated feature-length classic. Join four of the best-loved characters in children's literature for their heart-warming and hilarious new adventure along the Riverbank, narrated by Academy Award-winner Vanessa Redgrave.
Nina and her best friend Lily decide to steal an eyeliner, hoping they’ve finally found their key to womanhood. When they're given wildly different receptions to wearing it, Nina discovers that her journey as a trans girl might not be so easy.
A humorous and thought-provoking view of what animals in zoos might be thinking about their captivity and surroundings.
Tomboy Heidi and her beloved, grumpy, old pony Gripper take on a snooty little madam and her haughty thoroughbreds.
A spirited young woman persuades a hyena from London Zoo to take her place at a dinner dance held in her honour. Their plan requires a surprising amount of artistry and violence.
As Drukhari raiders plague an Imperial planet, the embattled Astra Militarum send out a desperate cry for help. Salvation arrives in the form of a force of Space Marines, but the population of the planet soon learn to be careful what they wish for...
Despite having time to reflect upon his twelve years behind bars, he can’t shake off the ghosts of the past. If he could catch up with Johnno, the guy who put in him in prison. Make him understand what it was like to have entire life waste.
Shows the improved services and other benefits that oil brings to the backward territories. The financial and technical resources of foreign lands have tapped the liquid wealth hidden below the surface of the earth. In return a new prosperity and improved standard of living is being brought to the peoples of those formerly barren lands.
An animated film about the history and use of hot water.
Sketches of a Spanish circus made by Richard Williams in 1953 come to life. Williams began the project at the age of 20 and finished it when he was 77. It premiered at the Pordenone Silent Film Festival in 2010.